"You need a break," Hermione tells him in no uncertain terms. He's grown so used to her moving about within their wards, he'd neglected to notice when she'd left their quarters to enter his classroom. Unexpected, she'd caught him with his head down on his desk, momentarily despairing of his students' ability to ever master his subject, at least if these O.W.L.s were anything to go by. Merlin's bloody bollocks. The results were abysmal.

The Arithmancy apprentice plops herself down unceremoniously next to him on the edge of his desk, leans over and begins to massage his shoulders. "Goodness are you tense." ( Read more... )

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For snapecentric1, because you asked 😉, and hopelesliehermn. Happy Birthday, hopelesliehermn, and many much happier returns of the day. 🎂🍰🎁🎉 (🎈Here's hoping by the time next year's birthdays roll around we're not still in lockdown. 😐)

...is now up on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.


The third entry in the Christmas Spirit AU. 1st September, 1998. Bowing to Ministry pressure (the tossers), Lavender returns to school for her eighth year.

With the right person, sometimes your flaws become assets...

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Originally Published: 2019-06-03 on LJ / DW
Words: 3.9k, one shot, complete

Characters: Lavender, Ron, house elves, Mentioned: Harry, Hermione, Parvati

The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

Originally Published: 10 May, 2020 on LJ in gingerbred's journal ( LJ / DW )

The Forbidden Forest still exerts an irresistible pull, despite a plethora of perfectly terrifying experiences there in the past. Perhaps it's the wizard at her side that makes her feel sure those encounters are unlikely to be repeated, and should any overtly aggressive Acromantulas dare to put in an appearance (to say nothing of sinister centaurs), Hermione is absolutely certain she and Severus are more than up to the task of managing the situation. It doesn't hurt, of course, that the students (exhibiting more wisdom than she and her friends had been inclined to back in their day) tend to shun the place as if their lives depend on it. (To be fair, it's entirely possible they do.) But it's nice to get away from the castle of an evening and enjoy one another's company without the throngs of prying eyes and ears causing the already exceedingly reticent man beside her to become even more withdrawn.

In private of late, he tended to open up nicely, and she's enjoyed getting to know the man behind the deliciously wicked sense of humour. More and more she's come to understand what drives him, and to cherish these moments alone.

And of course the promise of a being able to procure a few rare ingredients by the light of the full moon? When their potency was more than doubled? What more could a Potions Master and the Arithmancy Mistress assisting him with his latest project ask for?

With a smile she follows him readily into the woods.



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Happy Birthday, adafrog, and many happier returns of the day. 🎂🍰🎉

Right, I promised orlando_switch and mywitch my wacky cake recipe, so here it is. Unfortunately I couldn't find my notes about the spices I added to make it a lebkuchen variant, but next winter at the latest, I'm sure I'll be back at it again. 😉

This is the Second Epilogue to the Advent Calendar Fic.
Originally published: 14 February, 2020 on LJ, in gingerbred's journal (LJ / DW).

STOP! STOP! STOP! It might help to read the previous instalments if you haven't already.
Part 1 (LJ / DW)
Part 2 (LJ / DW)
Part 3 (LJ / DW)
The First Epilogue (LJ / DW)
And there's a final roundup of the calendar, not part of the fic, here (LJ / DW) if you're curious, including a couple of 'outtakes'.

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Previously in the Advent Calendar Fic...( Read more... )

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10 January, 1993. Very early. ( Read more... )

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Happy Valentine's, folks. ❤️

MAKE SURE YOU START WITH PART 1 AND PART 2( Read more... )'Ooo!' a certain ginger coos. 'I haven't seen that one before!'( Read more... )
Thanks a bunch for reading and sharing my advent calendar with me. ❤️ I hope everyone celebrating had happy holidays. - G. 😊

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A/N: There's a review of the set now that I'm done with it, misc background info and some pics of all the builds it included here if you're interested.

This year Lego released their first Harry Potter Advent Calendar. Naturally I snaffled one ASAP. I started out meaning to just share its contents with my friends, by Day 3 I ended up taking it as prompts to write short scenes to go with the daily build (conversations with Snape, who (spoilers...) is not best pleased at the prospect of not being included in this calendar), and then somewhere along the way, it began to morph and fic sort of happened.

I decided to keep it as was, and thought some of you might appreciate it.

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Happy First Advent!

It's December first, and in Germany we count down the days of this month right up until Christmas with advent calendars (Adventskalender). 🎄🎁 This year I got something really special, a calendar that manages to combine two of my favourite things: Harry Potter and Lego! 😃 Sweetheart that I am 😉, I thought I'd share it with you so you can play along at home.



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Sometime post Battle of Hogwarts. Severus and Hermione get closer over a mug of tea. A short ginger!Drabble.

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Originally Published: 2019-06-23 on LJ / DW
The Drabble to a flocked entry in toblass's journal from 2019-05-28
Words: 1250, complete, but there are related one shots
Prompt: Toblass and I were chatting Lego, as we do, and doll that she is, she made me the lovely pic below with the following prompt: "Miss Granger...while I do appreciate your Transfiguration skills, I fail to see how pink is any improvement. Kindly return this ghastly mug to its proper state." 

Then we got to talking about her drawing of Severus and Hermione ('Tea and Toast' on AO3), and the second pic was the result. (I made a slight mod of her work.) This sort-of-longish-Drabble / short-ginger!Drabble is for her. ❤️

This picks up from 'the tea drabble 1' (LJ / DW).
It's followed by 'the tea drabble 3' (LJ / DW).


Characters: Severus, Hermione, Unikitty (don't ask)( Read more... )

Summer 1977. The summer before their seventh year, the Marauders hang out together... Drabble! (for realz this time)

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Originally Published: 2019-06-23 on LJ / DW
Words: 200 (yes, really), complete 😉
Prompt 3: You know what? This is so short, Imma just gonna hide the prompt behind the break.

Characters: James, Remus, Peter, Sirius( Read more... )

Summer 1998. The summer before her eighth year, Hermione returns to Hogwarts to help rebuild the castle in the wake of the battle. They have a surprise visitor. Drabble! (for realz this time)

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Originally Published: 2019-06-03 on LJ / DW
Words: 300 (yes, really), complete 😉
Prompt 1: From Toblass for the Hogwarts Last Drabble Writer Standing Challenge (Which I'm not actually taking part in... 😆 Now seriously, go follow them.) An unexpected guest shows up at Hogwarts. Exactly 300 words.

Characters: Severus, Hermione, Hagrid, Minerva( Read more... )
"On balance," he remarks to Minerva once the deed is done, "it went better than the time Health and Safety decided ergotism was the only conceivable explanation for the house elves..."